At an Aranya at Ehatuwewa in the Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka.

The young Bo Sapling

The surrounding hills

The residence - 'Aawasa' built for the Rev, Nawale Dhammananda

 

Rev Nawale Dhammananda

The approach road to the Kutys

The approach to the 'Kuty' - cave dwellings

The cave dwellings

Centuries old broken pottery

Brahmi cave writings

Journey to the Elephanta caves, Mumbai, India, January 2019

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1. Journey to the Elephanta caves – Mumbai – Part A

https://youtu.be/1hDe-RbziTg?fbclid=IwAR2prfxHNKpteOIa9J91-nEz4nCl_PdrgeRd54qyjIrkkyHA1yUGSEc5-oo

2. Journey to the Elephanta caves – Mumbai – Part B

https://youtu.be/h-_DHw_PHu4

On board the Cruise ship Neo Cosa Riviera, January 2019.

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On board the cruise ship Neo Cosa Riveira - A

https://youtu.be/jDiCN6Xt_jE?fbclid=IwAR3zQoNsW689gbdHOpsRBxmEJ7bWW1fDdPPBdom3UPtd_98aa8MflHsa-bo

On board the cruise ship Neo Cosa Riveira - B

https://youtu.be/FaLPGdrWoR0

On board the cruise ship Neo Cosa Riveira - C

https://youtu.be/RjF0Pw3y5eI?fbclid=IwAR1isvXsK4bA-ATWnAUbsIJaPQ_R_5-JlefiOcGIX3KzGsUpPfRAr3jKl3Q

Getting out of Colombo port on board the cruise-liner 'Neo Costa Riviera'

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https://youtu.be/jDiCN6Xt_jE

 

Tale of a premonition

It was the time of intrigue in the last days of the Kandyan Kingdom. King Sri Wickremasinghe Rajasinghe was on the throne. The British were in control of most parts of the Island and were planning an assault on Kandy. A childhood friend of the King was aged and was dying. He had a premonition of things to come and sent a message to King Rajasinghe through an intermediary. The message was very poetic in its composition and it went as follows in a translation into English -
'Far away I see a hornets nest gather. It is a 'Yak debara' ( a vicious breed of hornets). Tell the King not to throw stones at it'.

What happened subsequently is history.
History has a habit of repeating itself many times.
(Story from the book ' In the days of King Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe by Dolopihillle)

A herd of wild elephants at the Kaudulla National Park, Off Habarana, Sri Lanka.

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https://imgur.com/a/Vi1cNaz

Sqirrel eating bread up a coconut tree, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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